Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics/American politics
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Welcome to the American politics taskforce of WikiProject Politics!
Scope
[edit]This task force covers all pages related to the Politics of the United States. It attempts to organize and coordinate the efforts of editors and create standards for constructing good articles. An easy way to figure out what is in the scope of this project is to look at the category tree below.
Hot articles
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177 edits | Department of Government Efficiency |
83 edits | Executive Order 14172 |
41 edits | Political appointments of the second Trump administration |
36 edits | Donald Trump |
18 edits | Jeanette Nuñez |
18 edits | 2025 United States government data removals |
17 edits | Trumpism |
16 edits | Josh Harder |
15 edits | Gettysburg Address |
14 edits | Woke |
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Participants
[edit]- Mr. Guye, especially in
Minnesota politics. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 22:19, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
- Jon698, especially in
US Third Parties and Third party politicians and
Wyoming politics Jon698 (talk) (contribs) 22:38, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
- TxStateAlum17, especially in
Texas politics. TxStateAlum17 (talk) 15:39, 4 October 2017 (UTC)TxStateAlum17
- MJL, especially in
Connecticut politics. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 17:31, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
- Ed. Jishnu, especially in
Oklahoma politics.
- Wei4Green, especially in recent presidential elections (not an expert though). —Wei4Green | 唯绿远大 (talk) 00:32, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
- HeartGlow30797, especially in
Kansas politics. But I will deal with all local, state, and federal: Senates, House of Representatives, Supreme Courts, and Governors. I will also look into Cabinet Members (and Cabinet member equivalents, I will look into executive branch individuals in each state as well), presidential elections, ambassadors, US Courts, State Agencies, Local School Boards and State Courts.
- Cliffmore, especially in
Texas politics. Cliffmore (talk) 15:55, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
- Politicsfan4, mainly
US national politics, especially presidential and congressional elections, as well as politicians.
- IP75. post 1932 national elections, BLPs
- Havashahaba, especially in
Louisiana politics, supreme courts, voting rights
- AbledAtol, Third Parties, Right wing Politics,
Texas
Nebraska Right-Wing Extremism(American Militia Movement, Boogaloo Movement)
- Mcbenseigs, especially in
Wisconsin politics, but I can certainly help with Congressional, Executive, and polling articles —
- JTZegers, especially in
New York politics, but I can help with
US national politics as well. Just leave a message on my talk page with anything you need help in!
- Mcbenseigs (talk) (contribs) 26 April 2021 (UTC)
- TheGothPoet I can assist with current
US national politics as well as current
Kentucky politics.
- Bneu2013 - especially
Tennessee politics, politics of the Southeastern United States, and current events/major issues.
- Fakescientist8000 - especially
Massachusetts politics, as well as politics of
New England.
- Andrevan, Andrevan@ 19:02, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Iamreallygoodatcheckers,
United States politics and
Texas politics Iamreallygoodatcheckerst@lk 03:31, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
- Estar8806 (talk · contribs),
United States politics particularly
New York politics--Estar8806 (talk) 18:33, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
- FormalDude, especially biographies of politicians. ––FormalDude (talk) 23:55, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- Ktkvtsh -
USA - Politicians and elections
- HistoryTheorist -
USA mostly national politics, minor edits on grammar/citations, and narrations with a focus on midcentury politics. May dabble in a bit of
Washington politics as well. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 05:23, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
- Wispinn -
USA - Electoral politics, with specific interest in federal political campaigns, political action committees, Campaign finance in the United States, and some state-level politics and historical reference in
Tennessee,
Iowa, and the Appalachia region. --Wispinn (talk) 10:54, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- Doughbo, especially in the
San Antonio,
Texas region. Doughbo (talk) 07:31, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- Red0ctober22, especially in
Pennsylvania politics.
- JustAGrook, especially in
Illinois politics. JustAGrook (talk) 17:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- kegill,
USA national politics as well as federal political campaigns, misinformation, media criticism. Selected
Washington state and Seattle politics. 07:05, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
- DukeOfDelTaco, particularly
California and
Los Angeles area as well as federal elections and politics. 02:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
- Roastedbeanz1, mainly Northeastern United States politics; state house of representatives. ~20:18, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
- Superb Owl, USA politics, media ~04:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- Knowledgework69, Federal Politics, and the Constitution, as well as Foreign Affairs.
- Sm8900, have written numerous articles, including modern histoy, regarding US politics
Todo
[edit]Todo items for members of American politics task force
[edit]- Find editors who have shown interest in this subject and ask them to take a look here.
- Review importance and quality of existing articles
Todo items for anyone
[edit]- Identify articles for creation
- Identify articles for improvement
- Create and expand articles on members of state legislatures, whom are inherently notable. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 00:10, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
Project guidelines
[edit]Tagging and assessment
[edit]Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with the project banner of WikiProject Politics. You should add |American=yes
to their banner, {{WikiProject Politics|American=yes|American-importance=}}
as this will automatically put the page in the appropriate categories, such as Category:American politics task force articles. Add |American-importance=[na, Low, Mid, High, or Top]
to the same banner to rank its importance in American politics.
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[edit]Today's featured articles
- 04 Mar 2025 – James Madison (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Did you know
- 09 Feb 2025 – Bradley Smalley (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jon698 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jan 2025 – Charlton Hunt (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sahaib (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 16 Feb 2025 – He who saves his country, violates no law (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by ARandomName123 (t · c); see discussion (11 participants)
- 14 Feb 2025 – List of documents released by the Department of Government Efficiency (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Soibangla (t · c); see discussion (14 participants)
- 13 Feb 2025 – Akash Bobba (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Clyde293 (t · c); see discussion (7 participants)
- 12 Feb 2025 – Gautier Cole Killian (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Eddie891 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 11 Feb 2025 – Marko Elez (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SKAG123 (t · c); see discussion (20 participants)
- 05 Feb 2025 – Gavin Kliger (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bluethricecreamman (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 13 Feb 2025; see discussion (51 participants)
- 05 Feb 2025 – Ethan Shaotran (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bluethricecreamman (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 13 Feb 2025; see discussion (51 participants)
- 05 Feb 2025 – Edward Coristine (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bluethricecreamman (t · c) was closed as merge by OwenX (t · c) on 13 Feb 2025; see discussion (51 participants)
- 05 Feb 2025 – United States proposed takeover of the Gaza Strip (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by ElijahPepe (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 12 Feb 2025; see discussion (35 participants)
- 21 Jan 2025 – Baked Alaska (influencer) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Soibangla (t · c) was closed as keep by Dr vulpes (t · c) on 28 Jan 2025; see discussion (8 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 31 Jan 2025 – American Security Project (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Drmies (t · c) was deproded by Liz (t · c) on 07 Feb 2025
Categories for discussion
- 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after American politicians (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Category:Department of Government Efficiency people (DOGE) (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Muboshgu (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Category:Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Muboshgu (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 22 Jan 2025 – Category:InfoWars people (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Fourthords (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on the United States Congress (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by DreamRimmer (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 15 Jan 2025 – Category:Attacks on parades in the United States (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by DreamRimmer (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 17 Feb 2025 – Industrial socialism (talk · edit · hist) →Socialism was RfDed by Tule-hog (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Feb 2025 – 2025 United States constitutional crisis (talk · edit · hist) →Department of Government Efficiency was RfDed by Xeroctic (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Attempted takeover of US federal agencies by Elon Musk (talk · edit · hist) →Department of Government Efficiency entry into US federal buildings was RfDed by Wildfireupdateman (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Feb 2025 – Kekius Maximus (talk · edit · hist) →Elon Musk was RfDed by Rusalkii (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 14 Feb 2025 – Lee Warne (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Roc0ast3r (t · c); start discussion
- 12 Feb 2025 – Pete Hegseth (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c); start discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Views of Elon Musk (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by CommunityNotesContributor (t · c); start discussion
- 29 Oct 2024 – Angela Alsobrooks (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Y2hyaXM (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Aug 2024 – Solid South (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JohnAdams1800 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Jan 2025 – Political activities of Elon Musk (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by ElijahPepe (t · c) was closed
Good article reassessments
- 02 Feb 2025 – Newt Gingrich (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Thebiguglyalien (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 16 Feb 2025 – Elon Musk (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Yeshivish613 (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Feb 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by ActivelyDisinterested (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Feb 2025 – Wendy Rogers (politician) (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by 77.22.168.65 (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Feb 2025 – Republican Party (United States) (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by EarthDude (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Feb 2025 – Far-right politics (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Wikieditor662 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Feb 2025 – Kash Patel (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Wikieditor662 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Feb 2025 – Fox News (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Soibangla (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Feb 2025 – Ross Ulbricht (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Guninvalid (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Jan 2025 – Andrew Jackson (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by DisneyGuy744 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2025 – Jimmy Carter (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Векочел (t · c); see discussion
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Peer reviews
- 26 Nov 2022 – Mexico–United States border (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Meganfarley65 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 17 Feb 2025 – John Ratcliffe (American politician) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to John Ratcliffe by TimeToFixThis (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Feb 2025 – Trump peace plan (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved somewhere else by Super Dromaeosaurus (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Feb 2025 – Scott Turner (politician) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Scott Turner by ElijahPepe (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Feb 2025 – Elon Musk salute controversy (talk · edit · hist) move request to Elon Musk Nazi salute controversy by Tataral (t · c) was no consensus; see discussion
- 07 Feb 2025 – Mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump (talk · edit · hist) move request to Deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump by KiharaNoukan (t · c) was moved to Deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump (talk · edit · hist) by Andrewa (t · c) on 14 Feb 2025; see discussion
- 07 Feb 2025 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (talk · edit · hist) move request to March on Washington by Goszei (t · c) was moved to March on Washington (talk · edit · hist) by SilverLocust (t · c) on 16 Feb 2025; see discussion
- 06 Feb 2025 – Greater United States (talk · edit · hist) move request to American expansionism under Donald Trump by Eastwood Park and strabane (t · c) was moved to American expansionism under Donald Trump (talk · edit · hist) by Robertsky (t · c) on 13 Feb 2025; see discussion
- 05 Feb 2025 – China–United States trade war (talk · edit · hist) move request to United States trade war with China by Nghtcmdr (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – List of ambassadors nominated by Donald Trump (2025–2029) (talk · edit · hist) move request to List of ambassadors nominated by Donald Trump (2025–present) by TimeToFixThis (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Chris Wright (energy executive) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Chris Wright by TimeToFixThis (t · c) was closed; see discussion
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Articles to be merged
- 27 Jan 2025 – Antioch High School shooting (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Antioch High School (Tennessee) by MountainJew6150 (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Dec 2024 – Atlantic Revolutions (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Age of Revolution by Leventio (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Nov 2024 – Portland City Council (Oregon) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Government of Portland, Oregon by Graywalls (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Nov 2024 – Criticism of the United States government (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Federal government of the United States by Kowal2701 (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jul 2024 – David Cobb (activist) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to David Cobb 2004 presidential campaign by Star Mississippi (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Feb 2025 – Department of Government Efficiency entry into US federal buildings (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Department of Government Efficiency by Carguychris (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 27 Jan 2025 – 2025 Syracuse mayoral election (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Mayoral elections in Syracuse, New York by BottleOfChocolateMilk (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 26 Jan 2025 – UFO conspiracy theories (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Feoffer (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Dec 2024 – Presidencies of Grover Cleveland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Batong1930 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Nov 2024 – Trumpism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BootsED (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Oct 2024 – Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ManOfDirt (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Oct 2024 – List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign non-political endorsements (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Oct 2024 – List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign political endorsements (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2024 – New Mexico Legislature (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by M2545 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Aug 2024 – Eleanor Roosevelt (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Vinnylospo (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Aug 2024 – Democratic Party (United States) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Aug 2024 – Libertarian Party (United States) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for creation
- 04 Feb 2025 – Draft:Gaurav Srivastava (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Joaquienstallfesh (t · c)
- 04 Jan 2025 – Draft:Cave Johnson Couts (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Issac I Navarro (t · c)
- 02 Feb 2025 – Draft:Jack Lombardi II (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Frd15 (t · c) was declined by Bkissin (t · c) on 06 Feb 2025
- 30 Jan 2025 – Draft:Fork in the Road (Office of Personnel Management memo) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Dan Leonard (t · c) was moved to Fork in the Road (Office of Personnel Management memo) (talk · edit · hist) by Dan Leonard (t · c) (author) on 03 Feb 2025
- 27 Jan 2025 – Draft:Stewart A. Calhoun (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by FloridaArmy (t · c) was accepted to Stewart A. Calhoun (talk · edit · hist) by Dr vulpes (t · c) on 28 Jan 2025
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